Finding Luffy

"So, Golden Lion, you never thought about any of this?" Teach and the others stood on the island Shiki controlled. After Fakyu's soul-searching questions, everyone fell silent. They had thought everything was ready except for one Poneglyph. Now they realized finding that last Poneglyph was only the first step of Shiki's plan...

"Jahahaha! If everything were ready, wouldn't that make the dream too easy? A dream means something because there are obstacles to overcome!" Shiki laughed heartily. He had figured getting the last Poneglyph within two months would be fast, since he had no good way to find Zou. But with Teach's help, they had obtained it in less than a week. The speed was beyond anything he had imagined!

His next step was to head to Wano and find the surviving members of the Kozuki Family. After all, only the Kozuki Family, who had made the Poneglyphs, could read their ancient script!

But Teach upended his plans again!

"Jahahaha! Here's something you don't know: the Straw Hat Crew has an archaeologist named Nico Robin! She was born on Ohara, the island of archaeologists in the West Blue. She's one of the few people in the world who can read Poneglyphs! If we find her, I'm sure the lure of the Poneglyphs will convince her to help us!"

Those few words demolished Golden Lion's plan. Finding the Straw Hat Crew, who were on good terms with the Whitebeard Pirates, would undoubtedly take less time than hunting down the remnants of the Kozuki Family. Straw Hat Luffy's bounty had reached 2.5 billion, putting him close to a Sea Emperor in strength. That also meant the crew was famous. With the intelligence networks of the Flying Pirates and the Blackbeard Pirates, tracking them down would be easy!

Just then, as if to